Shoveling-board for wagons



(No Model.)

E. GARSIDE. SHOVBLING BOARD FOR WAGONS.

N0. 489,528. I Patented Jan. 10,- 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. GARSIDE, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

SHOVELING-BOARD FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 489,528, dated January10, 1893.

Application filed May 31, 1892. Serial No. 434=.980. (N0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. GARSIDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoveling-Boards; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in shoveling boards.

The object of the invention, is as in all other boards used for thispurpose, to provide .a board with a lockin g mechanism which may beeasily attached and detached from the wagon and which is sure in anyposition and which is also positive in its action.

In the drawings hereto attached, Figure 1 represents a perspective viewof the board attached to the end of a wagon and shown closed. Fig. 2 isalso a perspective view of the board opened and showing position ofparts. Fig. 3 is a side view of the parts of the locking device, asdetached from the wagon. Fig. 4 is a view of two straps used on theboard (to be described). Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion ofthe locking device.

A represents the wagon box having the usual cleat A secured on the rearend of the bottom thereof and on which rests the shovel ing board B andon the inside of each of the cheeks O of the said board is bolted astrap E the ends of which pass through the board and are provided withthe burrs F, and the outer free ends of said rods or straps are providedwith a projecting lug or boss E (Fig. 4) the ends of which enter holes Din the ends of the straps D bolted on the outer face of the checks 0 asshown. The boss or lug E engages with the eye 0 of a spring lever-bar Land this bar is provided at its opposite end with a hook N. To the Wagonbody is secured a casting G which forms part of the locking mechanismand which forms a stop or hanger when the board is let down and is socon structed as to let the board be easily removed from the wagon. Thesaid hanger is provided with two L shaped lugs H and I of peculiar shapeand these lugs are provided respectively with the projecting lobes H andI and these lobes are so shaped as to leave a curved slot J between themas shown.

Near the upper portion of the cheeks O of the board are secured thecatches M in the position shown.

When the board is down it occupies the position shown in Fig. 2the hooksN of the rods L engage with the lugs H of the hanger G and when theboard is being closed up the rod L is pushed forward to rest on the lugI and as the board reaches its closed position, the hooked end of thesaid rod L describes the curve shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3and assumes the position shown in Fig. 1 and is then sprung behind thesaid catch M and is securely held. The object of the peculiarly shapedhanger G is, that although the rod L is securely held therein when inoperation it can be removed when the hook is opposite the slot J-thesaid hook being the same shape as the slot, and the rod can only beremoved at this point z'. 6. when the board is down.

I claim;

In a shoveling board for wagons, the rods D and E bolted to the outerand inner sides of the board respectively at an angle with each other,the outer ends meeting and pivotally supporting a hooked rod L, forengagement with a hanger G provided with the L shaped lugs H and I toform the curved slot J for the purposes herein set forth and de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. GAR SIDE.

Witnesses:

O. JOHNSON, A. KEITHLEY.

